Book
At home with the Patagonians
J. Murray • London • Published In 1873 • Pages:
By: Musters, George Chaworth.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author travelled in the company of Tehuelche Indians from Punta Arena at the southern tip of Patagonia north to the Rio Negro valley. His personality and adaptability soon gained the respect and trust of his hosts, thus enabling him to participate actively in the daily life of the nomads. The book records extensively the topography, and the fauna and flora of the country traversed. It also relates in detail the ceremonies and habits, the methods of hunting and warfare, the diet and material belongings of the Indians. Information on social organization and religious beliefs are inadequate; and no material is given on kinship structures. Relationships among the Tehuelche, the Araucanians and the Argentine Government are illustrated with concrete events interestingly presented. A fair amount of data appears on the Araucanians (SG4) Araucanians. A list of vocabulary is apended at the end of the book.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Topography and geology
- Fauna
- Flora
- Sensation and perception
- Morbidity
- Transmission of messages
- Collecting
- Hunting and trapping
- Domesticated animals
- Food preparation
- Diet
- Pharmaceuticals
- Normal garb
- Settlement patterns
- Weapons
- External trade
- Locomotion
- Travel
- Routes
- Conversation
- Gambling
- Athletic sports
- Literature
- Visiting and hospitality
- Etiquette
- Ethics
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Arranging a marriage
- Family relationships
- Tribe and nation
- Community structure
- Community heads
- External relations
- Recruitment and training
- Warfare
- Aftermath of combat
- Preventive medicine
- Burial practices and funerals
- Mythology
- Luck and chance
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Ethnogeography
- Status and treatment of the aged
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tehuelche
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern South America
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Traveler
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Robert Lee ; 1958
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1869-1870
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1520-1871
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Argentina
- NotesAdditional notes
- By George Chaworth Musters
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 16014557
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tzoneca language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc. /Patagonia--Description and travel/Tehuelche Indians